Reuters

The ancient capital of Bagan has hundreds of pagodas and temples rivaling Cambodia's Angkor Wat and Borobudur in Indonesia.

North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile on Wednesday, which flew about 300 miles toward Japan.

Suspended President Dilma Rousseff, Brazil’s first female president, is expected to be removed from office next week on charges of breaking budget laws.

The strong 6.2-magnitude quake razed homes and buckled roads in a cluster of mountain communities 85 miles east of Rome.

U.S. home resales fell, but prices continue to trend higher. This comes a day after government data showed new home sales vaulted to a nine-year high in July.

Pope Francis said he would postpone his weekly address on religious teachings until next week.

Two bombs exploded late Tuesday near a hotel in the southern coastal town of Pattani, less than two weeks after a wave of unexplained bombings in the country.

A deal would aim to bring an end to a half century of conflict with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia that has killed over 220,000 and displaced millions.

The latest operation was carried out to wipe out militants of the Islamic State group along the Turkey-Syria border, the Turkish government announced Wednesday.

The actress tops Forbes world's highest paid actresses list for the second year in a row.

The decision to exclude Russia's team means at least 250 competitors from the country are now set to miss the Sept. 7-18 event.

Safety standards in Bangladesh have been under a spotlight in recent years after a series of fires in garment factories in which many hundreds of workers have been killed.

Reports emerged over the weekend of a suspected militant plot to attack the holiday destination.

Nigeria’s air force said it had killed some senior Boko Haram militants in a raid on the Islamists’ northeast heartland.

Analysts said the falls were a result of a price rally which lifted crude by over 20 percent between the beginning of this month and late last week.

A review found there was "institutional timidity" in tackling extremist ideology in prisons.

The decision removes significant uncertainty over the takeover of the world's largest pesticides maker.

A government spokesman said Enrique Pena Nieto met all the requirements needed to graduate as a lawyer.

The dollar pulled away from last week's lows on expectations that a rate-hike signal might emerge from a Federal Reserve gathering this week.

The Kurdish YPG militia reportedly began the offensive against the Syrian army to take hold of the last government-controlled parts of the northeastern city of Hasaka.

Al-Shabab, which has been carrying out a series of deadly attacks in Somalia, said it was behind the attack.

A person, whom police have yet to identify, was arrested last week on suspicion of having links with the extremist Islamic State group.

The motive for the killings was not immediately clear and it was unknown if the victims were members of the same family.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte railed against the United Nations on Sunday after it called for an end to the wave of killings unleashed by his war on drugs.

Briton Mo Farah joined the ranks of the all-time distance greats Saturday by becoming just the second man to retain both Olympic track long distance titles.

Under terms of the settlement, Philippe Dauman will be replaced by his longtime right-hand man, Chief Operating Officer Thomas Dooley, who will be interim CEO until Sept. 30.

Both countries are to appoint ambassadors under an agreement that is partly driven by the prospect of lucrative Mediterranean gas deals.

The rotation to cyclical sectors of the S&P 500 and away from defensive stocks could continue next week if the Fed chair strikes a tone more welcoming to a rate hike.

The Afghan Taliban captured a strategic district in the northern province of Kunduz on Saturday, forcing troops to retreat to the provincial capital.